September/October 2008

NOTION SOFTWARE > Notion 2.0

Notion Music, Inc. (formerly VirtuosoWorks) brought music composition and performance to a whole new level with Notion, by putting performance at center stage with composition and notation, allowing you to work without filling a room up with musicians. Notion has taken care of all the musical instrument layering and MIDI mapping for you, so all that’s left is being creative…

EDDIE FLOYD > Eddie Floyd Loves You

Floyd put his name on several recordings that went somewhat beyond conventional notions of soul music…

STEVE CROPPER & FELIX CAVALIERE > Nudge It Up a Notch

Just when you think Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere’s Nudge It Up a Notch might be getting a little too slick, Cropper pops up with a beautifully judged bit of blues guitar playing that’s anything but genteel…

LINE6 > Micro Spider Review

The newest and smallest member of the Spider III family from Line-6 is the Micro Spider. This ultra-portable combo amp retains a lot of the features and value of the bigger combo amps in the line-up, without giving up too much in the name of battery powered portability. Carrying over from the rest of the Spider III family are 4 amp model presets, plus a new acoustic model as well as overall tone control for your modeled stacks…

BILLY JOEL > The Stranger

Billy Joel’s fifth album, The Stranger, was his breakthrough…

EDIROL > R-09HR Portable Recorder

The Edirol R-09HR lives up to all those promises while delivering Crystal-Clear Captured High Quality Field Recordings. The Edirol R-09HR is ultra small and extremely compact, but make no mistake, it’s a truly professional, solid and state of-the-art audio recorder with time-stamp capability…

JAMEY JOHNSON: On Track

Jamey Johnson shields himself from the industry’s noontime glare…

GUILD > Willy Porter Signature Model

Acoustic guitar wizard Willy Porter can choose from a vast, vast selection of custom-built acoustics that will easily capture his level of playing genius. When it’s time to capture the unique style of Porter’s technique, he chose Guild to manufacture his signature line of acoustics…